Coin-mailing receptacle.



L I. EVANS. COIN MAILING RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I. 1915.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Witnesses OTHCIJ EDD J'LEVANS, OF CHEROKEE, OKLAHOMA.

COIN-MAILING RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31,1917.

Application filed-May 1, 1915. Serial No. 25,216.

To all whom it may concern. Be it known that I, Eon J. EVANS, a c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Cherokee, in the county of Alfalfa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certamnew and useful Improvements in Coin-Mailing Iteceptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coin mailing receptacles adapted for transporting colns of various denominations through the ma1 l.

A principal object of the invention is to provide an envelop of thistype which has a correspondence sheet associated therewith which is, likewise, used in the capacity of a retainer to prevent casual displacement of the coins during transportation.

Another object is to provide a mult -sec tion corresponding sheet which is independently utilized for holding coins of various denominations in series independently of each other.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will be more readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawlngs:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a receptacle constructed in accordance with my invention, the casing thereof being shown in open position,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows, the coin retaining strips being shown in raised position.

In the drawings, a body 1 is provided preferably made of cardboard and of an oblong configuration, comprising a card which is provided with a plurality of independent series of coin openings, 2, 3 and 1, respectively. It will be noted that the openings vary somewhat in configuration so as to acc'ommodate coins of various denominations.

The body or card 1 has a casing 5 associated with its lower face, so as to prevent displacement of the coins through the card in one direction, the opposite ends of the casing being extended to provide flaps 6, which are adapted to be folded upon the card, one of the flaps having an adhesive strip thereon, so as to be gummed on the other flap, to hold the flaps together. Flaps 7 extend from the opposite lateral margins of the body of the casing 5, each being prov1ded wlth a mucilage strip adjacent its free margins to permit its being fixedly engaged with the flaps 6, after the latter have been folded together.

In order to prevent displacement of the coins held in the openings 2, 3 and 4, in a dire ct1on counter to the casing 5, a suitable re tamer, generally designated 8 is provided, the latter likewise comprising a correspondence sheet :upon which suitable notations may be made as shown in Fig. 1. The retainer or correspondence sheet 8. comprises a multipart structure embodying independ ent sections 9, preferably made of paper,

the lower face of each of said sections being coated with a suitable adhesive material through the medium of which they are fix edly engaged with the upper face of the card or body .1. It will therefore be appreciated that each of the sections 9 is engaged over one series of openings in the card 1, so as to permit independent 'removalof one of the sections for gaining access to any series of coin openings in the card.

In use therefore, it will be seen that the coins are first to be placed in the openings of the card 1, and if only one series of open- 'ings is used, it will be necemary to use only one of the sections 9, or at least only one of the sections will be necessary for holding the coins from displacement. The other sections may or may not be used at the option of the .user, but at any rate it will not-be necessary to gum the sections over the unused series of openings. This construction will thereby permit the reuse of the mailing receptacle by'various recipients of the device. deposited in the openings and the corresponding sheet 8 engaged thereover, the flaps 6 are next engaged with each other in the manner previously set forth, after which the flaps 7 are folded upon the flaps 6 andgummed to the latter in the manner specified.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanying drawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of my invention and that various minor changes "in details of construction, proportionand arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended After the coins have been claim without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a coin mailing device, a card having a plurality of openings adapted to receive coins, the said openings being arranged in rows longitudinally of the said card, a casing having a face portion covering one face of said card, a retainer sheet secured at one edge to one end of the card on the reverse face of said card and having adhesive on its under face, the opposite face of said sheet being adapted to be used as a correspondence surface, the said retainer sheet being cut longitudinally so as to provide a plurality of separate sections, and each being adapted to cover one of the said rows of coin openings, the said sections being designed only to Ice pasted over such of the openings as contain coins, and flaps on said casing adapted to be secured to each other over said retainer sheet.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDD J. EVANS. Witnesses:

S. WV. Cox, A. B. MOORE. 

